Okay so I'm sorry about the wait guys, but here it is. I'm not sure I like how it turned out, but I had to get it up here for you guys. I won't say it's bad, but I'm not saying it's that great either.

WARNINGS: This one is extremely OOC in my opinion. I hate the way Kakashi turned out, this is what happens when you don't write in forever. There's also language as usual, and errors cuz I didn't edit it that much.

Sasuke's onyx eyes trailed along Kakashi's body. He lay completely motionless. Still he looked dead, just as he had the first day they had showed up. It was his turn to guard him though. So he did, better than the others. He watched for everything, anything that seemed to be a sign; a sign that his condition was improving, but nothing ever happened. This meant more to Sasuke than it did to the others. This was his chance at beating Itachi. Two weeks and still nothing, you're not as tough as everyone thinks you are. You'd be able to beat this if you were. It wasn't true, it was obvious he had been through something rough; the doctors were still pumping blood into him because he kept bleeding out. Even if he did wake up it probably wouldn't be for long. He'd probably just pass out from blood loss again. This is my fault. I'm not strong enough, still after everything. All the calculating and training, it's worth nothing. I can't stop something like this, I can't beat Itachi. Kakashi's right, it won't help anything. "Damn it," Sasuke threw his head against the back of the chair.

"Sas…" Sasuke looked back toward Kakashi. "Sasuke."

"Kakashi?" Sasuke asked.

"What…" Kakashi coughed. "What happened?"

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.

"Where am I?" Kakashi asked.

"You're…you're still in the hospital," Sasuke said. "Kakashi?"

"How…long," Kakashi said panting between his words.

"Two weeks," Sasuke said. "Hey are you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine," Kakashi said. "Two weeks?"

"Yeah," Sasuke said. "I'll go get everyone okay? Just hang on a second."

"Sasuke no," Kakashi said. "Everyone? When did you get here?"

"I came when Iruka called me," Sasuke said. "We're all here."

"All?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah," Sasuke said. "Let me go get them. Okay?"

"No Sasuke…" Kakashi started. "Go ahead."

"I'll be right back," Sasuke turned and left Kakashi alone. Finally, he's awake. That must mean he's better. Maybe not by a lot, I mean he won't be out of bed anytime soon, but he is better. "Guys!" Everyone turned their heads to look at Sasuke. "He…he woke up."

"What?" Gai asked.

"He's awake," Sasuke said. "He just woke up."

"What did he say?" Sakura asked.

"Nothing really," Sasuke said. "He just wanted to know what happened, where he was, normal things. I told him I'd get you guys. I mean he probably wants to see us, right?"

"Sure," Gai said. "Let's go."

"We'll stay," Shikamaru said. "I mean we're really out of this whole situation. We hardly know the guy."

"Shikamaru is right," Lee said. "You guys go ahead. We will remain here." Gai nodded before walking down the hallway to Kakashi's room with the others.

Slowly Sasuke opened the door. "I'm back," he said.

"Hey there," Kakashi said calmly. "How are you guys?"

"Forget that," Asuma said. "How are you?"

"I'm fine," Kakashi said. "Don't worry."

"You call being out for two weeks fine?" Kurenai chuckled.

"Honestly," Kakashi said. "I feel much better now." He gestured toward the IVs. "All this stuff must be working."

"But you're feeling better Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked quietly from the back of the crowd.

"Yes Sakura," Kakashi said. "Much." There was a small silence. "This wasn't your fault, any of you guys."

"We're just glad you're feeling better that's all," Iruka smiled. "Well come on kids, let Kakashi-sensei get his rest." Iruka ushered them out the door, following close behind.

Making sure they were far enough down the hall Kakashi spoke. "Did you tell the Hokage?" he asked quietly.

"Not yet," Gai said. "We wanted to wait until you were conscious so we could get your opinion."

"Zabuza's here," Kakashi said. "If he hasn't come back yet, he will. Be sure of it."

"He's been back," Asuma said. "Once, but it was enough. He's a real threat; don't know what you did to him."

"Never mind that," Gai said. "What do you want us to do to him now?"

"Nothing," Kakashi said. "Let him alone. There's absolutely no reason for any of you to get involved in this."

"And the Hokage?" Kurenai finally said. "You have to tell him about this eventually, he's probably suspicious enough now that you haven't shown your face for two weeks."

"Eventually we will," Kakashi said. "I don't want it over complicated. You don't understand."

"What don't we understand?" Kurenai asked. "Someone attacked a chuunin, two jounin, and three genin in the woods."

"No he didn't," Kakashi said. "He was looking for me I just brought them into it. He had no interest in them."

"Well know he does," Gai said. "He attacked Iruka, threatened to kill him."

"Then Iruka fucked up," Kakashi said.

"He was protecting you," Asuma said. "Zabuza came back to kill you, the only reason he even left was Iruka. So yeah I guess he fucked up."

"So you want to tell the Hokage," Kakashi said. "Like Kurenai right?"

"I'm not saying that," Asuma said.

"What about you Gai?" Kakashi asked. "Do you think we should tell the Hokage?"

"I think it depends on what you think," Gai said. "You're the only one of us who knows anything about this guy."

"If he's back he'll only be back to kill me," Kakashi said. "There's no need to involve anyone else I can handle it."

"Yeah, we can see that," Iruka appeared in the doorway. "You can handle this all by yourself."

"It's not that I don't appreciate all that you guys have been doing," Kakashi said. "But trust me you guys don't need to help me out."

"He's gonna come back," Iruka said. "He's…"

"I know he's gonna come back," Kakashi said. "I know. He won't rest until I'm dead. I know that."

"He's gonna kill anyone who gets in his way," Iruka said. "He told me he wanted to kill me. He knows more about all of us than we think."

"If he'll kill anyone who gets in his way I suggest you stay out of his way," Kakashi said.

"We're telling the Hokage," Kurenai said. "This is dangerous, you're involving children."

"They can stay out of his way too," Kakashi said.

"I…" Kurenai stopped as Gai touched her arm lightly.

"Think about it Kakashi," Gai suggested. "You don't have to decide right now, you just woke up."

"Let it pass until someone gets hurt," Kakashi said.

"What do you call this?" Kurenai asked.

"You've become much more vocal since I left," Kakashi said.

"I'm…" Kurenai started.

"Don't apologize," Kakashi said. "It's a good trait in a ninja. And you're not sorry."

"Well, we'll leave you to get your rest," Asuma said turning to leave the room along with the other ninja.

"Iruka don't go," Kakashi said. "I have to talk to you."

"What?" Iruka asked remaining in the room.

"We should really talk about what happened," Kakashi said.

"You don't have to explain anything to me," Iruka said. "I understand, you were just hurt and scared."

"No," Kakashi said. "That's not what we need to talk about. It's not that I kicked you out when we were talking it's about what you and Gai talked about while I was gone."

"What?" Iruka asked. "You mean Obito? Kakashi honestly don't worry about it, I have no problem that you lied to me. You did it to protect me, Gai explained everything. You just wanted to clear the air that you were a cheater, that you'd hurt me so you said that you cheated."

"No Iruka," Kakashi said. "I did cheat on you." I probably could have just let myself get away with that one.

Please don't tell me this Kakashi, I'm fine not knowing what happened. "It's okay Kakashi," Iruka said.

"No it isn't," Kakashi said. "We can't avoid this. You knew this was coming Iruka."

"Are you breaking up with me?" Iruka asked. "The first thing you do when you wake up, instead of saying you love me, or saying how you're feeling, or anything, you just dump me."

"I'm not dumping you," Kakashi said. "You're not listening."

"I am listening," Iruka said. "I knew this was coming, you cheated on me, it's sounds like we're breaking up."

"I'm just saying that whether or not I had sex with Obito it doesn't change the fact that I hurt you," Kakashi said. "Cheating is not justified by who I had sex with before I did it. Each person I've fucked has contributed to my not being a virgin. If it hadn't been Obito who's to say it would have been you."

"Kakashi it's really okay," Iruka said. "You don't have to explain."

"Just, don't forgive me so easily," Kakashi said.

"I don't get it," Iruka said. "You want us to be having a fight?"

"I just…" Kakashi said. "Something bad is gonna happen Iruka."

"We know," Iruka said. "That's why we want to tell the Hokage. So nothing bad happens, so the village is protected."

"It's not the village's burden I told you," Kakashi said.

"Kakashi, we want to protect you," Iruka said.

"It's not the village's job to protect me," Kakashi explained. "It's my job to protect the village. I knew that when I became a ninja. I've always known my duty and it's my duty to not involve innocent people."

"We're already involved Kakashi," Iruka sighed. "It's a little late to be the hero now."

He's blaming me for being taken that day in the woods? I can handle this, if only he understood that. When I get out of this bed, when I get better, everything will be back to normal again and I can fight Zabuza so that this never happens again. "Tell the Hokage then," Kakashi said. "There's nothing he can do anyway. Zabuza won't be found that easily."

"Then it can't hurt to try," Iruka said. "I mean if we tell the Hokage you die, if we don't tell the Hokage you die."

"I'm not gonna die," Kakashi said. "When did you get so pessimistic?"

"I'm not a pessimist," Iruka said. "I just don't see how you don't see this is dumb."

"I can handle this Iruka," Kakashi said. "Tell the Hokage, maybe he should know because I'm not going to be out of here for a while. You guys are right, he deserves to know that."

"Thank you," Iruka said. "And while you're here try to stay out of trouble. You can't fight him in you're condition."

"Yes Iruka," Kakashi said. "I understand."

Iruka chuckled lightly. No you don't. You'll be just as reckless as usual. If he comes you'll fight him, but I agree you'll win it. You always do. You may end up like this again, but you'll win it. Slowly Iruka walked toward Kakashi's bedside. "I did miss you Kakashi," Iruka said.

Kakashi smiled under his mask. "Really?" he asked.

"Not gonna happen," Iruka kissed Kakashi's masked lips. "Now that you're awake I guess we don't need to guard you."

"I never needed you to guard me in the first place," Kakashi said.

I'm not getting into this right now. If he thinks he doesn't need this, that's fine. We'll argue about it later. Right now, this is not what I want to do. I want to have a civil conversation with him about something that's actually important. "So, what happened to you?" Iruka asked.

"I don't really want to talk about it Iruka," Kakashi said. "It was nothing big. Nothing for you guys to worry about at least."

"But you were hurt," Iruka said. "So…I mean…what happened. What did he do to you?"

"Use your imagination," Kakashi laughed. "I'm gonna try to get some sleep Iruka."

"I'll stay a little longer," Iruka said. "I mean if you don't mind." Kakashi shook his head. Iruka smiled. "I love you."

"You too," Kakashi closed his eyes. Iruka watched as he went to sleep. The 'you too' was good enough for Iruka. It was just nice for him to be awake again.

So yeah, more will happen with Kakashi being awake next chapter (if I manage to get it up faster than this one). Or maybe next chapter will be them telling the Hokage I'm not really sure. Either way please review. Flames still and always welcome.